Yakima Canutt

He has been inducted into the Cowboy Hall of Fame. The one for motion pictures is at 6901 Hollywood Blvd., and the one for television is at 6734 Hollywood Blvd. His autobiography "Stuntman" was published in 1979. Crawford has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. His sons Joe Canutt and Tap Canutt also worked as stuntmen. He made several European films, but few more in Hollywood. He staged some of the most memorable action scenes ever committed to film, including the heart-stopping chariot race segment in the 1959 film Ben-Hur. Dan Matthews.

He had some success as an actor, primarily playing "heavies," but his real talent was as a stuntman and stunt coordinator. He moved to television, most notably starring in the police drama series Highway Patrol, as Lt. He met actor Tom Mix at a rodeo in Los Angeles, and was persuaded to work as a cowboy in films. Having been caught up in only certain types of characters, Crawford's career suffered. There he gained fame as a very successful rodeo rider. The next year he starred in another smash hit film, Born Yesterday. Born Enos Edward Canutt in the rough ranchlands near Colfax, Washington, "Yak" Canutt moved as a young man to Yakima, Washington (the town from which he borrowed his nickname). In 1949, Crawford was cast as the Huey Long character in All the King's Men, which not only won the Academy Award for Best Picture, but gained Crawford the Academy Award for Best Actor.

Yakima Canutt (November 29, 1896 - May 24, 1986) was an actor and stunt man in Hollywood movies of the 1920s through the 1950s. He moved to Hollywood afterwards, but did not get the role in the movie version of the play. Crawford gained fame in 1937 when he starred in Of Mice and Men on Broadway. His parents were vaudeville performers, and his mother, Helen Broderick, had a minor career in Hollywood comedies. Born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, he was stereotyped as a rough-talking tough guy, frequently a bad guy.

Broderick Crawford (December 9, 1911 - April 26, 1986) was an American actor. Real name: William Broderick Crawford.